Can holding and sealing device



J. BAUDER.

CAN HOLDING AND SEALING DEVICE.

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Patented Aug. 29,

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CAN HOLDING AND SEALING DEVI-CE. APPucA non mzn ssrpzn. 192 1 Y PatentedAug. 29, 1922.

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can HOLDING AND'HSEALING DEVICE.

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Be it known thatL'JoHN BAUDER, 'a citizen of the United States, residingat the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can Holding andSealing'Devices, of which the following is a specification. 1 7

It is well known that during the filling of cans andsealing thesame, incanning fruits, vegetables and the like, that the cansmust be held in atemporarily permanentposition, and the lids held down tightlyontotheican mouth, so that, when the sealing wax or other sealingmaterial used ispoured around the edge ofthe lid and can that itwill notleak-into the can; and that, after it has been poured, that the lid willremain in a permanent position, until the sealing material has becomeset and hardened, and cooled to assume or take on a fixed form andcondition,

which will not change, until removed human agency; I 1 v a My device.iSsimpIe, cheap and highly efficient; it is made of wood, so that it isa non-conductor of heat, can be used in connection with a number of cansat a time, and possesses great utility in this class of inventions.

It is knock-down in character and can thus be shipped very readily andwhen the operator is through with it, it can be disconnected and putaway in a small space until it is again needed.

It consists essentially of a base upon which. the cans are set, providedwith a central guide for the periphery of the cans at the point wherethey come in contact therewith, a central upright post or standard,provided with a number of arms, which are .spring pressed upon the lidson thecans. which they retain in proper and desired .position.

Its various features and advantages will readily become apparent fromthe following specification.

In the accompanying drawings forming a parts, the ost shown in section,

. s ecification of Letters Patent. P te t n 29 19 Application filedSeptember 20, 1921. Se ial NO, W238i 7 Fig. 4E.'is an isometric view ofthe device in elevation, and y 5, is a sectional view throughone of thearms'where it intercepts its companion arm, the other parts shown inelevation and parts are also shown broken away;

In forming mydevice I-provide in proper combination, a base 1; a guideelevation or end a head 4 whichfits flush up into a recessin the bottomplate .1 and at itsupper end is] screw threaded to TGCQIVG a winged nut9; two cross-arms S havlng downwardly depending fingers 12, which reston thecan tops or lids.

The cross arms 8 are each cut away at the middle as shown in Fig. 2at.13,ione cut away part fitting into the other, so the arms will beinterlocked and be flush at thetop and thus be even and uniform. I

On and around the rod 7, between the top of post 5, at the recessed part11 and between the arms 8, at their central meeting point, I placeacoiled spring 10, the spring at the top abutting-against a washer 14. i

It will be noticed that-the rod 7 also passes through the cenral meetingpart of the arms 8, (where they meet at 13), thus the arms are loose onthe said rod 7, so that whenthe winged nut 9 on top of the arms 8 isturned, the arms will be forced downwardly and their fingers 12 willcontact with and impinge against the lids 20 on the cans A, as shown inFi 1; when the pressure exerted is great enough to tightly hold saidlids 20 down in position'on the'cans A, the sealing fluid or materialcan be poured or placed around the groove at the can top: the cans"should remain in this position, until set, then the winged nut 9' canbe unscrewed and the tension or spring 10 removed andthe cans taken outand another set replaced. The spring pressure exerted holds the arms andtheir fingers tightly down upon the lids to exert pressure against saidlids. I

It will be seeninliig. 1, that the periphcry of the cans A, at the pointwhere they reach the concave depressions or recesses 3, it into the sameand are guided thereby and are by this means kept from shifting and areall held equi-distant from the central post 5, so that the same pressurewill be exerted upon all the lids.

T he platform 2 may be made of any other shape and configuration, as mayalso the arms 8 and their fingers 12. I

It will be readily apparent that this device can be quickly set up foruse and as quickly disconnected.

While I have described one form of device for carrying my invention intoeffect,

\ it will be readily apparent that I can change and modify the samewithout departing from the principle of this invention as set forth inthis specification.

l V hat I claim as new in my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a base, an upwardly extendinghollow post attached thereto, a rod extending through said'hollow post,a spring around said. rod at the top of the post, arms, said armsresting'upon the top of said spring, the rod passing therethrough andmeans for exerting pressure upon the spring by forcing said armsdownwardly. 1

2. In a device of the character described, a "base part, a hollow postattached thereto, a headed rod passing therethrough, carrying at itsupwardly extremity a winged nut for engaging the same, arms on said rodat its top, a spring interposed between said arms and said hollow post,said wingednut moving said arms downwardly or upwardly by exerting,tension upon the spring or releas ing the same.

In a device of the character described, a base part, a hollow postextending upwardly therefrom, a headed rod passing therethrough, aspring carried by'said' rod at the top of said hollow post, cross armspassing over said rod and resting on said spring, a winged nut at thetop of {said-rod, capable of being screwed downwardly and upwardly sothat said arms will move downwardly or upwardly. a

In a device of the character described, a base part, a guide platformthereoman upwardly extending hollow post, aheaded rod passing throughsaid post' and carrying a spring at its upper extremity, above the postand'cross' arms, said cross arms resting on the top of said spring,'anda winged nut for moving the arms downwardly or upwardly by placing atension upon said spring or releasing the same. I i y i 5. Ina device ofthe character described, a base provided with an upwardly extendingpost, means connected with said post for supporting'ar'ms, said armsbeing disposed atthe top of said means, a spring controlled means forforcing said arms downwardly so that the arms will press upon the cantops. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature at Cincinnati, Ohio,this 13thday of Sep-:

tember, 1921. V v v JOHN BAUDERH.

